Christopher Brainerd blogs about his journey into Buddhism

This is a collection of Christopher Brainerd's ramblings written as a novice student of Buddhism.
My primary practice is Jodo Shinshu, yet I ramble on many spiritual topics.
Some of what follows is original, some are quotes or summations for which I provide the source.
Gassho!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Conditioned/Unconditioned

Adapted from "The Heart of Buddha's Teaching" by Thich Nhat Hanh

When we form a Mental Formation
There is an object
(I am angry at something)
And there is a subject:
Our Mind.
Because mental formations
are created in our minds.
They become "us."
Subject and Object are One (InterBeing)
(When I hate someone,
 I hate myself.
 I hate the Universe.)


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